[Tex/LaTex] Appendices title in ToC without appendices list

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How can I make that the appendices list (numbered with \chapter{}) not appear in ToC, but appears the title "Appendices" instead. I'm using the book documentclass, and the default \appendix command to begin the appendices.

In ToC, I have this:

1. CHAPTER ...
   1.1 Section ...

A. Appendix A ...
   A.1 Section ...

B. Appendix B ...
   B.1 Section ...

I need this:

1. CHAPTER ...
   1.1 Section ...

Appendices ...

But, I also need the Appendix A and B numbered in document.

Some solutions raise change the tocdepth counter after the declaration of the start of the appendices, but can interfere with other lists (LoT, LoF) and the package hyperref and PDF bookmarks.

Here a MWE:

\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{hyperref}
   \hypersetup{hidelinks}

\begin{document}
  \tableofcontents
  \listoftables
  \blinddocument
  \begin{table}\centering
      \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
        \hline
        1 & 2 & 3 \\
        4 & 5 & 6 \\
        7 & 8 & 9 \\
        \hline
      \end{tabular}
      \caption{Test}
  \end{table}
  \appendix
    \blinddocument
    \blinddocument
\end{document}

The solution should not affect the other lists and PDF bookmarks.

Best Answer

This approach by the »appendix« package and the decreased counter tocdepth written to the ToC results in a ToC entry for the appendices without disabling the numbering of the single appendix chapters in the document.

\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[toc]{appendix}
\usepackage{blindtext}  % drop in actual document

\begin{document}
  \tableofcontents

  \blinddocument  % drop in actual document

  \begin{appendices}
    \addtocontents{toc}{\protect\setcounter{tocdepth}{-1}}
    \blinddocument  % drop in actual document
    \blinddocument  % drop in actual document
  \end{appendices}
\end{document}

According to the mentioned demands I can only offer a quick hack of the involved macros that write content to the ToC and the LoT.

\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[toc]{appendix}
\usepackage{blindtext}  % drop in actual document
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}
  \tableofcontents
  \listoftables
  \blinddocument

  \begin{table}[!htb]
    \caption{Dummy table}
    \label{tab:dummy}
    \centering
    \rule{4in}{2.25in}
  \end{table}

\makeatletter
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
%                          \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%
%                                    {\protect\numberline{\thechapter}#1}%
%                     \else
%                       \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}%
                    \fi
                    \chaptermark{#1}%
%                    \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
%                    \addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \if@twocolumn
                      \@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]%
                    \else
                      \@makechapterhead{#2}%
                      \@afterheading
                    \fi}
\def\@sect#1#2#3#4#5#6[#7]#8{%
  \ifnum #2>\c@secnumdepth
    \let\@svsec\@empty
  \else
    \refstepcounter{#1}%
    \protected@edef\@svsec{\@seccntformat{#1}\relax}%
  \fi
  \@tempskipa #5\relax
  \ifdim \@tempskipa>\z@
    \begingroup
      #6{%
        \@hangfrom{\hskip #3\relax\@svsec}%
          \interlinepenalty \@M #8\@@par}%
    \endgroup
    \csname #1mark\endcsname{#7}%
%     \addcontentsline{toc}{#1}{%
%       \ifnum #2>\c@secnumdepth \else
%         \protect\numberline{\csname the#1\endcsname}%
%       \fi
%       #7}%
  \else
    \def\@svsechd{%
      #6{\hskip #3\relax
      \@svsec #8}%
      \csname #1mark\endcsname{#7}%
%       \addcontentsline{toc}{#1}{%
%         \ifnum #2>\c@secnumdepth \else
%           \protect\numberline{\csname the#1\endcsname}%
%         \fi
%         #7}
    }%
  \fi
  \@xsect{#5}}
\makeatother

  \begin{appendices}
    \blinddocument  % drop in actual document
    \blinddocument  % drop in actual document
  \end{appendices}
\end{document}

The critical parts are commented to prevent corresponding entries.

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[Tex/LaTex] List of Appendices

Rooting through the cls file in the link posted above, I tried to dissect the following block, which looked rather promising:

\newcommand\listofappendices{%
    \@chapteronefalse
    \if@arabic\relax\else\renewcommand{\thepage}{\roman{page}}\fi
    \if@twocolumn
      \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
    \else
      \@restonecolfalse
    \fi
    \chapteruaf*{\listappname
      \@mkboth{\uppercase{\listappname}}%
              {\uppercase{\listappname}}}%
    \@chapteronetrue
    %% get this in contents as a section
    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\listappname}
    \@starttoc{loa}%
    \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
    \newpage\renewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{page}}}

Basically, I realized that this command was setting up the List of Appendices for me, all I needed was a way to automatically populate it, instead of manually adding entries to the loa file.

At the head of each Appendix:

\chapter*{This is the first appendix}
\addcontentsline{loa}{appendix}{This is the entry for the first appendix in the List of Appendices}

The \chapter* suppresses a TOC entry for the appendix, while the \addcontentsline adds the entry to the LOA file. To get the style to match, I added the following line to the end of the code block in the cls file:

\newcommand\l@appendix{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}}

Works perfectly now, and I don't have to worry about manually creating the List of Appendices every time I build my document.

[Tex/LaTex] Appendices inside a section

Usually, appendices are common \chapters placed after the \appendix command in your input file, and you can't have a chapter inside a section; you have to respect the hierarchy of sectioning commands. Follow this link to get more familiar with the sectioning commands.

In order to get headings such as "Appendix A", "Appendix B", etc. within a section, you could use the next level of depth of sectioning commands, i.e. subsections. Use the starred version to get an unnumbered subsection:

\subsection*{Appendix A}

However, in most classes--notable exceptions include amsart; see Ryan Reich's comment below--this will not produce any entry in your ToC, even if you have set the depth of your ToC to subsection level, using \setcounter{tocdepth}{2} (or higher). You must add the entry for that unnumbered subsection "manually", using

\addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{Appendix A}

In summary:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}     % dummy text
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\section{Foo}

\lipsum[1]

\subsection*{Appendix A}
\addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{Appendix A}
\lipsum[2]

\subsection*{Appendix B}
\addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{Appendix B}
\lipsum[3]

\end{document}

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